We've got an interview with Greg "DuckU" Hobson up on the front page now:

http://www.pocketfives.com/ADEAE06F-...53FF99990.aspx

I think his back-to-back wins in the Full Tilt Sunday majors clearly ranks among the greatest online poker accomplishments of all time. Nobody has done that (actual back-to-back wins in the same event) since the Sunday tournaments have gotten this big---fields were 2,340 and 1,647 people in these two, and the 1,647 people one was a $500 buy in.

What do you think? How does this measure up against some of the other accomplishments we've seen?

Best ever will never be topped

He is without a doubt a great player and it is a great accomplishment to win two sunday major tourneys.

However, JJProdigy/TSopranos/Lilholdem/Brainwash/actionjeff/ozzy etc. sunday major success is far better/impressive /probably forgetting some

I've won the stars and ftp sunday majors too for 250k combined, does it really matter that they weren't in back to back weeks/the same day. Its just variance.

The greatest accomplishment in online poker should be success over long periods of time not just sick heaters.

My friends that don't know squat about poker were Amazed. This Is .... amazing

edit: YES, greatest accomplishment

wasnt there a guy on ftp named "HighPlaya" that went back to back? first time he beat dustin dirksen..

yes but they weren't back to back sundays.. this was when they were once a month (maybe even less often than that.)

come on, this is basically the sickest ever accomplishment... owning over a long term is not an "accomplishment" in this context, its just owning. completely insanely gross congrats to ducku and yeah hoodini's 3/4 huge weekend 100r wins was also amazing. it will likely be years before this accomplishment is ever topped though

definitely a great accomplishment, no question about it....but never say never....in due time, i am sure someone will pull off a similar feat....maybe winning the sunday million back to back? now that would be a sick accomplishment.
GL to all the high roller/ballers LOL

This is sick, but how has pokerjoe's accomplishment been swept under a rug? 100R won twice in one day and other FT's.

fcarrico won 2 majors in one day, not quite as much cash tho but wow

It's phenomenal, no doubt about that.

Winning 2 back to back, while fascinating, is not really better than winning 2 in a 6 month period or even a year.

Success in gambling is measured over the long term. The longer the period of time the more impressive it is.

This is why JohnnyBax is still the greatest online player there ever has been. And Doyle Brunson is the greatest player ever. End of story.

Hands down.

yawn

Actually Papoorboy Won the UB sunday 200 back to back weeks...the 3rd week he bubbled the FT..and a few weeks later chopped the stars or party sunday Major.

I'm not saying it is not an amazing thing DuckU has done..but it has been done before

Most of you guys are looking at this sort of the wrong way in my opinion.

This could be the best SINGLE accomplishment in online poker history. Over a career other people will probably do better.

Think of sports even, some baseball pitcher a long time ago threw back to back no hitters, this requires a lot of luck and skill. No bloop singles or whatever. This is thought of as one of the best pitching accomplishments of all time. But in the top 100 pitchers of all time he wouldn't be on that list.

I know that baseball and poker are two different worlds but I think this analogy holds some weight. Someone can have "the greatest" accomplishment without "over a long period of time" being a factor.

^^^My thoughts exactly.

I think another good example, though still baseball related, is when a guy hits 4 home runs in a game. Without a doubt that is a sick sick sick accomplishment. Now lets say those are the only 4 home runs he hits in a season. His accomplishment is still insanely sick but you guys are now trying to compare him to A-Rod. A-Rod may not ever hit 4 home runs in a game but his career and single seasons are nonetheless better. Its really comparing two different things here: single accomplishment vs. lifetime acheivement.